I was grateful to Ed and others for the welcome back. I just wish you had been able to stick around like I was able to. I miss both you and Clarence. To new members, the two members I just mentioned passed away earlier this year. They were long time members and pillars here. They are greatly missed by the members of this forum. How many of you will be missed at a forum and how many forums with raise money to donate to a charity in your memory. None but this haterz site.

Just joined today...a long time WTF poster pushing 60(but don't feel it yet, I think)...remember Foghorn from my early years in '08-'09 there..I'm married w/ one kid(really a young man I guess), live in the Texas Hill country near Austin...I have 5 or 6 favorite brands of watches, enjoy craft beers, smoking BBQ, and lounging by the pool when both time/weather permits w/ our nearly tame deer friends...looking forward to exchanging pics/viewpoints on our watch obsession w/ you folks...thanx, Chuck

Ebels are a lot like women that lack a low cut dress that zips up the side...neither get the love that they deserve...

Once again I have to remind new members to post an intro. Common courtesy to other members here. If you choose not to do so, I am cleaning up membership next weekend and if you have 0 posts your account will either be deactivated or deleted.

I'm possibly the worst noob you'll ever encounter on the site because I don't own ANY watches. WAIT, DON'T HURT ME. I'm here to find out which one I should get, which brands I should investigate, what's "me" and so on.

Background is, I live in North London, am a writer and general layabout, love electronic music, old reggae, comics and nerd stuff, and Liverpool FC. Somehow I've got through five decades without ever owning a real watch, but as electronic devices become more disposable and meaningless I'm more and more drawn to the mystery and romance of an actual mechanical watch – something that's not going to be e-waste in three years' time.

Going to head over to the New Members forum and see what those guys say, but in the meantime, hello and please don't destroy me.

I'm possibly the worst noob you'll ever encounter on the site because I don't own ANY watches. WAIT, DON'T HURT ME. I'm here to find out which one I should get, which brands I should investigate, what's "me" and so on.

Background is, I live in North London, am a writer and general layabout, love electronic music, old reggae, comics and nerd stuff, and Liverpool FC. Somehow I've got through five decades without ever owning a real watch, but as electronic devices become more disposable and meaningless I'm more and more drawn to the mystery and romance of an actual mechanical watch – something that's not going to be e-waste in three years' time.

Going to head over to the New Members forum and see what those guys say, but in the meantime, hello and please don't destroy me.

Howdy, Ndroid, and welcome to the forum. The first thing you're going to need to do is slide on down to the new member introductions and start up your very own thread. "Slipstreaming" off this thread is a no-no -- not a BIG no-no, but a no-no nonetheless, and you might find yourself sliced and diced, which is never a good thing. So go ahead and do that, and, with your original entry above, you should be okay...I hope. Ahem. Yes. So we'll see you down there in the new member threads.